[Use of computers in the intensive observation of neurosurgical patients]

A system of intensive surveillance over the condition of patients in the neurosurgical clinic with the use of electronic computers has been elaborated. This system envisages a dynamic control over the most important pathophysiological processes in neurosurgical pathology: advancing brain edema, increasing intracranial pressure, wedging and compression of the brain stem and disorders of vitally important functions. Quantitative appraisal of the brain resilience gradient and induced stem potentials by means of electronic computers is of special importance. The elaborated system may be used in urgent diagnostic assessment of the patient's condition for prognosticating the outcomes of neurosurgical operations and substantiating rational therapy.